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The cost of conservation: US$80 billion a year needed to save nature

Thursday, October 11, 2012

A new study provides hard figures estimating the investments needed to reduce the extinction risk for all known threatened species at US$4 billion annually, with a further US$76 billion needed each year to protect and effectively manage terrestrial sites of global conservation significance.

Global bird extinctions are increasing warns new research

Monday, October 8, 2012

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The rate of bird extinctions is accelerating at an alarming rate according to a new paper by BirdLife International and Charles Darwin University.

Half of the world’s most important sites for nature are currently unprotected.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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The world’s governments have committed to increasing the coverage of protected areas by 2020 in order to address rapid rates of environmental destruction. However, a new study shows that only half of the most important sites for wildlife have been fully protected.

New review reveals worrying declines in the world’s seabirds

Friday, March 9, 2012

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The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and many populations are now perilously close to extinction. These are the findings of a major new review published this week in the scientific journal Bird Conservation International.

Study rings alarm bells for Amazonian wildlife

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Study rings alarm bells for Amazonian wildlife

The Amazon is currently experiencing the highest absolute rate of forest loss globally. Yet the proportion of Amazonian species assessed as ‘threatened’ with extinction is below the global average.

Big birds lose out in a crowded world

Monday, June 6, 2011

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One of the world’s largest species of bird is on the brink of extinction according to the 2011 IUCN Red List for birds.

Study outlines steps to protect declining North American landbird populations

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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A recent study carried out by scientists from Canada, Mexico and the United States, including several BirdLife Partners found that of the 882 native landbirds shared across borders, 17% (148 species) need immediate conservation action.

Nature’s backbone at risk

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according to a study launched at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD, in Nagoya, Japan

Birds show the way to halt biodiversity loss

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Birds show the way to halt biodiversity loss

Birds and the information we hold about them can be used to focus and track the efforts needed to stem biodiversity loss, according to a new publication launched by BirdLife International.